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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

We're delighted to introduce the morning workshops for Oxford Translation Day 2026! All events will be held in St Anne's College on June 13. All workshops are free, but please register via the links below. We can't wait to see you in June!

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Hendrikje Dorussen @infinitereading.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I had a wonderful time presenting at the @oxfordcct.bsky.social grad symposium yesterday! A day absolutely filled with inspiring & enlivening discussions ⭐️

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

OCCT and @@lindeneditions.bsky.social are delighted to welcome Mariusz Szczygieł and Antonia Lloyd-Jones to Oxford in conversation about Szczygieł’s new work, Not There. With a drinks reception! 🗓️ 27 Feb 5-6:30pm 📍 Seminar Room 10, St Anne's College Register to attend:

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Eventbrite - Comparative.Criticism@st-annes.ox.ac.uk presents Mariusz Szczygieł and Antonia Lloyd-Jones with Linden Editions - Friday, February 27, 2026 at St Anne's College, Seminar Room 10. Find event and ticket information.

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The Queen's Translation Exchange @translationexch.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators launches TWO WEEKS TODAY! Our national competition will open for entries on Monday 2 February, when students aged 11-18 will have the opportunity to translate poetry, fiction and non-fiction from French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian and Spanish 📝

Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators

Are you a risk taker? A problem solver?
A critical thinker? A creative writer?

Take part in the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators, a national translation competition for secondary school students aged 11-18.

Monday 2 February - Friday 27 March
Winners announced in June 2026

Translate poetry, fiction and non-fiction from:
- French (into English and Welsh)
- German
- Italian
- Mandarin
- Russian (including beginners')
- Spanish

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Join us to celebrate a new translation of A Doll’s House, Men of Honour & When We Dead Awaken, tracing the dialogue between Henrik Ibsen and Laura Kieler. 🗓 19 Jan | 5-7pm 📍 Seminar Room 8, St Anne’s College 🥂 Drinks reception #BookLaunch #TranslationStudies #WomenWriters

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (September 11-12, Oxford). A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA. shorturl.at/AdoHA

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International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality

Reimagining comparative literature through the lens of decoloniality, 11-12 September 2026, St John's College, University of Oxford

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (Sep 11-12, Oxford). A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA. shorturl.at/AdoHA

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International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality

Reimagining comparative literature through the lens of decoloniality, 11-12 September 2026, St John's College, University of Oxford

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality

Reimagining comparative literature through the lens of decoloniality, 11-12 September 2026, St John's College, University of Oxford

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 14/07/2025

Reminder that the deadline for the Stephen Spender Translation Prize is 31 July - find out more and get your entries in at stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize Open to pupils & teachers in UK & Ireland schools! You can enter in any language #SSTPoetryPrize2025

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Stephen Spender Prize

About the Stephen Spender Prize The Stephen Spender Prize is an annual competition for poetry in translation that celebrates the creativity of young people across the UK and Ireland – and their teache...

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Calling young translators and teachers! Just 2 weeks left to submit to the #SSTPoetryPrize2025! Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from the #PortugueseSpotlight booklet! @stephenspender.bsky.social www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize/

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We have launched an Instagram! Follow us at: www.instagram.com/oc...

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Jeffrey Zuckerman @jmz.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Oh my gosh!!! 🪼💙🪼💙🪼💙!!!

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Monica Cure @monicacure.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Slowly getting ready to announce the Oxford-Weidenfeld translation prize @oxfordcct.bsky.social. Minna Jeffrey, Thom Murphy, @acantrill.bsky.social, and I had our work cut out for us!

All the 8 shortlisted titles spread out on a table

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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 15/06/2025

🪼🪼🪼 I love this book so much!! Felicitations @jmz.bsky.social 🙌🏻

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2025 is Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose) by Adèle Rosenfeld. Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

In 48 hrs we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize! Attend the prize-giving and an exclusive panel with some of the shortlisted translators and their editors on Saturday 14 June! Panel: shorturl.at/wN6Pr Prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L

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"This is Why": Translators on Translating, Editors on Editing

Join acclaimed translators and editors to hear more about their practices and choices in translation.

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

We're delighted to showcase 3 poets and self-translators working in Welsh and Gaelic to Oxford Translation Day! Join us to hear from Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies ⏰: 14 Jun., 14-15:15 📍: Seminar Rm. 8, St Anne's College 🌐: shorturl.at/L2sgQ

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Between Tongues: Poetry and Self-Translation in Celtic Languages

This roundtable brings together three contemporary poets who write and translate their own work in Welsh and Scottish Gaelic.

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

We're so excited to have three incredible Welsh and Gaelic poets coming to read their work and speak about it at Oxford Translation Day! Remember to register! ⏰: 14 June 2025, 14:00-15:15 📍: Seminar Room 8, St Anne's College 🌐: shorturl.at/ldqYS

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Have you ever wanted to try translating a language you don't know? Give Utsa Bose's Bengali translation workshop a go - no Bengali required! ⏰: 14 June 2025, 09:30-10:45 📍: Seminar Room 7, St Anne's College 🌐: shorturl.at/IOzb7

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"The One Who Has Arrived Late": Bengali Translation workshop with Utsa Bose

Collaboratively translate a Bengali poem into English. No knowledge of Bengali is required.

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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"The One Who Has Arrived Late": Bengali Translation workshop with Utsa Bose

Collaboratively translate a Bengali poem into English. No knowledge of Bengali is required.

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Just 1 WEEK until we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025! 🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L ⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm 📍St Anne's College

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Just 1 WEEK until we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025! 🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L ⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm 📍St Anne's College

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

DPhil in History, Utsa Bose's collection of translated short stories was recently published by Penguin! Come along to his workshop on translating Bengali to learn his approach - no Bengali needed! Register here: shorturl.at/IOzb7

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

We're excited to highlight the UK's linguistic diversity with #OxfordTranslationDay. Join us to hear from three eminent poets + self-translators working in Welsh + Gaelic - Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies. ⏰: 14/06, 2-3pm 🌐: shorturl.at/zAhy2

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Nervous about applying for a PhD or postdoc in translation studies? We've gathered together 4 ECRs to talk through applications and projects - bring your questions! ⏰: 14/06, 12:30-13:30 🌐: shorturl.at/5yHL1

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Monica Cure @monicacure.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I can't wait to be in Oxford next week for Oxford Translation Day! It has been thrilling being part of the jury for this amazing prize along with my fellow judges.

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025! Erminia Dell’Oro, Abandonment (Heloise) translated from the Italian by Oonagh Stransky 🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L ⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm 📍St Anne's College

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

We are so excited to have the incredible Monica Cure at Oxford Translation Day as guest judge for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025. Register: Prize giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L In Conversation with Polly Barton and Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Check out our full Oxford Translation Day Programme for June 14! You can find more details or and the registration links for all the events at: shorturl.at/zbyby

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Poetry Translation Centre @poetrytranslation.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

We can't wait for Oxford Translation Day in a couple of weeks! Join us there for an exciting day of translation workshops and talks ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Don't miss @oxfordcct.bsky.social Translation Day on 14 June. So many wonderful events taking place, incl. a creative workshop with English DPhil student Alyssa Ollivier-Tabukashvili, a discussion on Starting Out in Translation Studies with Dr Minna Jeffery & an In Conversation with Polly Barton!

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

How do poets working in Gaelic and Welsh self-translate? Come hear from three incredible poets: Menna Eflyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies! ⏰: June 14 | 14:00 📍: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College Register: shorturl.at/ldqYS

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

We're delighted to have the incredible translator and writer Polly Barton, speaking at two events on Oxford Translation Day! Register: Translation Workshop: tinyurl.com/a2ncuxx9 In Conversation With Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

We are joined by Menna Elfyn, award-winning Welsh poet and playwright. She's President of Wales PEN Cymru, first woman Professor of Poetry in Wales, Professor Emerita at University Wales Trinity Saint David, and Welsh Children’s Poet Laureate (2002). Register here: shorturl.at/ldqYS

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Join us to hear from two multi award-winning translators and writers - Polly Barton and Monica Cure. Register to attend: shorturl.at/RRHoM

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 03/06/2025

We're sad to hear of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's passing. CAT was honored to host him for an event in San Francisco way back in 2008. Ngũgĩ made an incredible contribution to African literature written in indigenous African languages. We know his legacy will live on. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87

Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

We are joined by Georgia Nasseh, Research Fellow in the Literatures of the Global South at King’s College, Cambridge. Register here: shorturl.at/5yHL1

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Are you interested in activism and translation? Join us for a self-manifesto craft session on Oxford Translation Day led by Alyssa Ollivier-Tabukashvili! We'll be scanning and displaying the manifestos on our website! Register here: shorturl.at/K5LBJ

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Are you a PhD student or ECR applying for postdocs in translation studies? Come to our Oxford Translation Day panel with 4 ECRs discussing strategies for apps, writing project descriptions, and answering your questions! Register here: shorturl.at/5yHL1

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

We're so excited to be bringing together three incredible poets and self-translators from Welsh and Scottish Gaelic. Hear from Menna Elfyn, Mereid Puw Davies, and Petra Joana Poncarova as they read and discuss their poetry. Register here: shorturl.at/lVCY9

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

We're so excited to welcome award-winning translator and writer, Polly Barton to Oxford Translation Day! She'll be at 2 different events - register below! Translation Onomatopoeia: tinyurl.com/a2ncuxx9 In Conversation: Polly Barton and Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM

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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Translation workshops are a staple of Oxford Translation Day! This year Alyssa Ollivier-Tabukashbili will be leading a creative workshop making mini manifestos on activism in translation. More information and registration: shorturl.at/95FE5

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